Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1327
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1328
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1329
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1330
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1331
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1332
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1333
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1334
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1335
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1336
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1337
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1338
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1339
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1340
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1341
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1342
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1343
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1344
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1345
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1346
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1347
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1348
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1349
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1350
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min